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NINTH PLANET
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the Philadelphia Cultural Fund awards grants to hundreds of arts & culture programs each year—reaching all corners of this city we love.

Arts &

Culture Grants

The Cultural Fund promotes arts and culture as engines of social, educational and economic development in the Philadelphia region.

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WHO
WE ARE

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund is how the City of Philadelphia has funded the arts since 1994.

WHO
WE ARE

Each year, PCF provides operating support to Philadelphia-based arts and culture organizations. These grants are made from an allocation to PCF from the City budget.

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WHO
WE ARE

The grants support organizations dedicated to the creation, education, preservation, exhibition, and presentation of a variety of arts and culture disciplines.

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WHO
WE ARE

PCF is committed to removing barriers to grant applications, especially for small, community-based arts organizations that are traditionally considered ineligible for funding support.

2024 PCF
REBRAND

“… the Philadelphia Cultural Fund — a respected, equitably distributed, nearly three-decades-old resource that supports hundreds of cultural nonprofits every year —…”

-Philadelphia Inquirer

2024 Grant Winners

Friends of the Rail Park

DISTRICT:

1

5 Shorts Project

DISTRICT:

9

Wildflower Composers

DISTRICT:

8

Putty Dance Project

DISTRICT:

6

Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries

DISTRICT:

4

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists

DISTRICT:

2

Leonard Pearlstein Gallery

DISTRICT:

3

Girls Rock Philly

DISTRICT:

7

Painted Bride Art Center

DISTRICT:

3

Usiloquy Dance Designs

DISTRICT:

5

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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR

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Independence Seaport Museum - Winter on the Waterfront

Elfreth's Alley Association - Deck the Alley 2024

Musicopia & Dancing Classrooms Philly - High Note High Step Fundraiser

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Film Screening: Wild River (1960)

The Stagecrafters Theater -The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - New Building in Old Cities: Design and Historic Preservation Advice from a Modern Master of Urban Conservation with Steven Semes

Museum for Art in Wood - Wood Friends BYOB Social

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Film Screening: A Place in the Sun (1951)

Historic Gloria Dei Preservation Corporation - Transforming the Delaware Riverfront

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - A Prideful Shame: Notes on the Essence of Delaware County with David Amadio

Museum for Art in Wood - A Strange and Eerie Reading with Author Christina Rosso

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Film Screening: Red River (1948)

Museum for Art in Wood - Family Craft Table

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens - Watkins Street Studio Behind the Scenes Tour

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens - Family-Friendly Beginner Mosaic Workshop

Da Vinci Art Alliance - Creative Conversations: Researching Opportunities

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - The Cutting Room Floor: Exhibition Opening

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Classical Guitar Soiree with Lukasz Kuropaczewski (Poland)

Bowerbird: Chamber Music of George Walker

Wagner Free Institute of Science - November First Saturday: Bounce, Bend or Break: the Science of Flexibility

Da Vinci Art Alliance - Materialize

Elfreth's Alley Association - Fall Maker's Market

Da Vinci Art Alliance - Finding Healing In The Remnants

Da Vinci Art Alliance - Sweet and Spooky Spectacular

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2024 Grantee Data

PCF Awarded $3,599,494 to 262 Art & Culture Grantees

%

of grant recipients had budgets under $250,000

%

of grantees recipients provide youth programming

aid full-time, part-time, and/or independent contractor positions were activated

people attended free grantee programming

$

in direct expenditures benefited the local economy

IN THE
NEWS

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FY25 Grant Cycle Updates - A Letter from the BOD

2024 PCF Annual Report

2023 Annual Report

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,178,986

Gabriela Sanchez Announced as PCF Director

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Philadelphia City Countil to Invest Over $3 Million In Local Arts Communty

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